Lacquer And Ivory Chess Set
Object Details
- Donor Name
- Mrs. Julian James
- From card: "I am very dubious about this being from China. It was made in Europe for sale in China based on my professional knowledge. - Robert Elder Jr."
- Board is painted for backgammon play as well as chess.
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 25
- Accession Date
- 14 Nov 1923
- Accession Number
- 070862
- USNM Number
- E325978-0
- Object Type
- Chess Set
- Place
- China (not certain), Asia (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8394387
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d1e4117-de02-4b8e-ab7a-93de9e84e945
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